The Supreme Court of India recently gave a significant ruling that has the potential to genuinely enable Indian women to exercise their reproductive autonomy, particularly through access to abortion.
Indian law currently permits women to end a pregnancy under certain conditions with the consent of a licensed medical professional.
Abortion is legal - typically up to 20 weeks of gestation, though abortion is permitted later in exceptional circumstances - if a woman's life or health is in grave danger, there is a high risk that the unborn child will have physical or mental abnormalities, or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or failed contraceptives.
